Now Available: Inside Skin by Leah Claire Kaminski
The poems of Inside Skin are about pregnancy, birth, miscarriage, but through a different perspective. they are intensely, uncomfortably physical, as the narrator worries and shares the discomforts of impending motherhood in straightforward, unsentimental language. This is a chapbook that is both tender and unsettling.
Now Available: My Dear Yeast by Melanie Hyo-In Han
My Dear Yeast tracks the complexities of growing up as Third Culture Kid (TCK). The poems in this book move fluidly back and forth with their narrator from Tanzania to Korea to the United States to the United Kingdom, all while narrating a coming of age in the midst of multicultural influences. The effect is of being “from” everywhere and yet not quite anywhere, an experience that Melanie Hyo-In Han portrays with a recognition of both abundance and loss. Available in mid-January 2024; find it here.
Now Available: Ghost || Animal by Erin Elizabeth Smith
In this harrowing, forthright chapbook, Erin Elizabeth Smith explores childhood sexual abuse, as well as growth and healing beyond it. Like the fleeting, ghostly animals that recur as guides, Smith’s protagonist Dot endures, even thrives. Smith provides an empathetic voice for those who have been through similar situations. You can find it here.